| 1)
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - |
"mine"
means a mine within the meaning of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954; |
"new
workplace" means a workplace used for the first time as a workplace after
31 December 1992; |
"public
road" means in (England and Wales) a highway maintainable at public expense
within the meaning of section 329 of the Highways Act 1980 and in (Scotland) a
public road within the meaning assigned to that term by section 151 of the Roads
(Scotland) Act 1984; |
"quarry"
means a quarry within the meaning of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954; |
"traffic
route" means a route for pedestrian traffic, vehicles of both and includes
stairs, staircase, fixed ladder, doorway, gateway, loading bay or ramp; |
"workplace"
means, subject to paragraph (2), any premises or part of premises which are not
domestic premises and are made available to any person as a place of work, and
includes - |
a)
any place within the premises to which such person has access while at work: and |
b)
any room, lobby, corridor, staircase, road or other place used as a means of access
to or egress from that place of work or where facilities are provided for use
in connection with the place of work other than a public road; |
but
shall not include a modification, an extension or a conversion of any of the above
until such modification, extension or conversion is completed. |
| 2)
Any reference in these Regulations, except in paragraph (1), to a modification,
an extension or a conversion is a reference, as the case may be, to a modification,
an extension or a conversion of a workplace started after 31 December 1992. |
| 3)
Any requirement that anything done or provided in pursuance of these Regulations
shall be suitable shall be construed to include a requirement that it is suitable
for any person in respect of whom such thing is so done or provided. |
| 4)
Any reference in these Regulations to - |
a)
a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation in or Schedule
to these Regulations so numbered; and |
b)
a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation
in which the reference appears. |